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De l’intelligence

work by Taine
Also known as: ā€œOn Intelligenceā€
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  • Taine, portrait by LĆ©on Bonnat, 1889
    Hippolyte Taine
    / Publication of De l’intelligence

    In 1870 he published the two volumes of De l’intelligence (On Intelligence), a major work in the discipline of psychology, which had interested him since his youth. His devotion to science is most fully illustrated here; he opposes the speculative and introspective approach…

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    In 1870 he published the two volumes of De l’intelligence (On Intelligence), a major work in the discipline of psychology, which had interested him since his youth. His devotion to science is most fully illustrated here; he opposes the speculative and introspective approach…

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